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Bolling v. Sharpe: 60th Anniversary Panel Discussion Black History Month
On the same day In May 1954, the Supreme Court issued its rulings on Bolling v. Sharpe and the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. In Bolling v. Sharpe, the Court unanimously ruled racial discrimination in the Washington, D.C. public school system denied blacks due process of law as protected by the Fifth Amendment. 

(From left to right) Marvin Jones, Ms. Harris, Brenda Shum, and Elisa Babel, one of the librarians with the DC Public Libraries.

Moderator:
Marvin T. Jones, Documentary filmmaker 

Panelists:
Ms. Barbara Arnwine, President & Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 
Ms. Brenda Shum, Director, Education Opportunities Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Mrs. Eloise H. Harris, eyewitness to history, attended schools in D.C.